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Grandmamma Easy's Dame Bantry and her cat (cover)
Grandmamma Easy's Dame Bantry and her cat (cover)
TitleGrandmamma Easy's Dame Bantry and her cat (cover)
Alternate TitleCaption title: Old Mother Bantry
AuthorUnknown
PublisherDean & Company
Publisher LocationEngland -- London
Publication Dateca. 1845
PrinterUnknown
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--wood engravings
NotesIllustrated with hand-colored wood engravings.
Bound in publisher's yellow pictorial printed wrappers that have been trimmed with most of an inscription on the upper wrapper cut off; upper wrapper illustrations contained within an ornamental frame; upper register illustration shows Grandmamma Easy reading to children, with the banner "Grandmamma Easy's" running across the vignette; lower register illustration depicts girls varying ages playing with dolls and toys; publisher's advertisements for "Dean & Son's coloured six-penny books" listing several series on lower wrapper; lacks leaves 4 and 5.
A nursery rhyme very similar to Old Mother Hubbard except that the story involves a cat named Grip.
Part of the Grandmamma Easy's Pictorial Books series.
The upper illustration on the cover depicts an old woman reading to a group of playful children. The lower illustration depicts a group of young girls playing with a doll.
Printed on cover: Dean & Co., Threadneedle St.
Contextual NotesThomas Dean's publishing company was located at Threadneedle Street from c. 1800-1855 and he published under the name Dean & Company from 1843-1846.
Subjects (LCSH)Cats -- Juvenile poetry; Martin, Sarah Catherine, 1768-1826. Old Mother Hubbard -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
CategoryNursery rhymes
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0196
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection. PR4728.G1126 D36 1845
Object TypeBook
Physical Description8 leaves (missing leaves 4-5): illustrated; 24 x 17 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit checklist A24
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